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A review by hypergraphiac
The Searcher by Tana French
4.0
A small Irish town might seem like the perfect haven to an ex-cop to escape from a big American city. But the smaller the town ,the more intricate, complicated and tight the relationships between people living there. Every town has its secrets- will a stranger solve them or will they swallow him like the Irish bog he has found himself in?
This is not the first Tana French book I've read, so I am familiar with her slow build-up writing style as well as her knack to thrill and flesh out interesting and complex characters.
As someone who lives in Ireland, she did due justice to show the truth of weather and complexities of smaller towns. The slowness of the story fits with the slowness of a life in a smaller community, retirement and house renovations. The crawling towards culmination did not do it for me though, unfortunately. It fell flat and made me go: "Huh?! Well... wait, really? I mean, oookay,I guess...". Thrilling reaction, init?
I also could not really get a good feel or understanding of some of the characters, they felt sort of distant and a tinge too empty for my taste, I did enjoy most of the internal monologues of the main protagonist, especially the one about his not so successful dinners with his daughter and her boyfriend as I could relate with his train of thought on the topic.
I did enjoy the style, the story, the plot, but the ending...
4/5 stars
This is not the first Tana French book I've read, so I am familiar with her slow build-up writing style as well as her knack to thrill and flesh out interesting and complex characters.
As someone who lives in Ireland, she did due justice to show the truth of weather and complexities of smaller towns. The slowness of the story fits with the slowness of a life in a smaller community, retirement and house renovations. The crawling towards culmination did not do it for me though, unfortunately. It fell flat and made me go: "Huh?! Well... wait, really? I mean, oookay,I guess...". Thrilling reaction, init?
I also could not really get a good feel or understanding of some of the characters, they felt sort of distant and a tinge too empty for my taste, I did enjoy most of the internal monologues of the main protagonist, especially the one about his not so successful dinners with his daughter and her boyfriend as I could relate with his train of thought on the topic.
I did enjoy the style, the story, the plot, but the ending...
4/5 stars